PlayerWatch monitors your Steam players 24/7 and sends you instant notifications the moment they receive a VAC ban, game ban or community ban - for Rust, CS2, Counter-Strike and every Steam game. It also detects suspicious playtime spikes and alerts you when a profile goes private. Never miss anything again.
PlayerWatch is the free Steam player monitoring tool built into CheaterCheck.io. Whether you need ban notifications for Rust, a CS2 ban notification, or want to know if a Counter-Strike player just got a Steam VAC ban alert - PlayerWatch has you covered. Add up to 8 Steam players to your watch list and our system automatically rescans them every few minutes. The moment a ban drops - VAC ban, game ban, or community ban - you receive an instant notification on-site and by email. PlayerWatch also detects playtime anomalies: if a player racks up more than 100 hours in a VAC-protected game within 14 days, you get alerted - a strong signal for cheating tools or boosting services running around the clock. On top of that, every scan tracks profile changes like username renames, avatar swaps and visibility changes. If a player suddenly hides their profile from public view, you will know immediately. Stop manually checking profiles - let PlayerWatch do the work for you, 24/7.
Receive instant alerts the moment a watched player gets a VAC ban, game ban or community ban on Steam. Works for all games: Rust, CS2, Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and more.
Specialized ban tracking for the most popular competitive games. Get a Rust ban notification or Counter-Strike ban notification within minutes of it being issued.
Get alerted when a player accumulates more than 100 hours in a VAC-protected game within 14 days - a common indicator for cheat bots, boosting services or automated playtime farming.
Every scan compares username, avatar and profile visibility. You receive a notification when a player renames themselves, changes their avatar or - crucially - hides their Steam profile from public view.
Choose how you want to be notified - via email or on-site notifications. Configure your preferences per notification type in your account settings.
Our scanner checks ban status, playtime and profile data every 5 minutes automatically - no manual action needed. Always up-to-date, 24/7, for every player on your watch list.
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Register with Steam, Discord or your email address. Steam login lets you quickly find and watch your recent opponents.
Enter any Steam username, Steam64 ID or profile URL into the search bar on the homepage.
Every Steam player profile page has a "Watch Player" button. One click adds them to your PlayerWatch list.
Sit back - we scan every 5 minutes. The moment a ban is detected you get notified on-site and by email.
Yes, PlayerWatch is completely free. Create a free account and start monitoring Steam players immediately. Free accounts can watch up to 2 players; verify your email to unlock 5 slots, and link both Steam and Discord for up to 8 slots.
Our scanner runs every 5 minutes. You will typically receive your Steam VAC ban alert within 5-10 minutes of the ban being applied by Valve.
Absolutely. PlayerWatch tracks all Steam ban types including EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) game bans used by Rust. You get a Rust ban notification the moment a player on your list receives any type of Steam ban.
Yes. CheaterCheck.io analyzes each player's friend network and calculates a cheater friend rate. A high rate of banned friends is a strong boosting detection signal - players in boosting services often share a friend network with other banned accounts. PlayerWatch also monitors your watched players' friends for new bans and alerts you directly.
Every scan checks how many hours a watched player has played in VAC-protected games over the last 14 days. If they exceed 100 hours in that window, you receive a playtime anomaly notification. This is a reliable early-warning signal for cheat bots, rank-boosting services and automated farming software that runs accounts around the clock.
Yes. Every scan records the player's Steam username, avatar and profile visibility state. You are notified when a player renames their account, swaps their avatar or - most importantly - sets their Steam profile from public to private. Players often go private right before or after receiving a ban.
PlayerWatch works for all Steam games since it monitors Steam's ban system directly. This includes Rust, CS2, Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, and any other game that uses VAC or sends game bans via Steam. Playtime anomaly detection focuses on the most popular VAC-protected titles.
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